John, could you share with us what the cost of your research was? I'm sure it would be helpful to have some idea. Apparently, when some research states that some family was "under the estate of a paraticular manor' this probably means they did not own land? Or, could they have owned their home, but were employed by the Manor. I have one ancestor family that is classified as nobility of Nymburk. Does that mean they were nobles fo the castle there? The translations are puzzling. Millie